SUPERMODEL Kate Moss faced further allegations of drug taking today as her high profile career hit the rocks.

The 31-year-old has now been dropped by three fashion labels after photographs of her apparently snorting cocaine were published in a newspaper and the Metropolitan Police are looking into her alleged drug abuse.

The Sun newspaper published new allegations today about drug-fuelled parties at her country mansion near Lechlade, Gloucestershire, including claims that powerful crack cocaine was smoked openly.

Commenting on the allegations, her lawyer Gerrard Tyrell told The Sun last night: "The allegations that you put to me are specifically denied by my client."

Moss appeared to have gone to ground in the wake of the drugs storm and was conspicuously absent from her friend Sadie Frost's fashion show last night.

Security

Paparazzi crowded the entrance to Home House members' club in London in the hope that the supermodel might put in an appearance and there was tight security screening for guests.

But she never arrived and fellow members of her so-called "Primrose Hill" set of friends remained tight-lipped on the recent revelations.

Frost drove past waiting photographers with her head down two hours before the show for her label FrostFrench was due to start.

Moss's friends Meg Mathews, ex-wife of Oasis star Noel Gallagher, and ex-Hollyoaks actress Davinia Taylor came to watch but refused to make any comments.

Other fashionistas remained supportive. One, who did not wish to be named, said: "I feel that she has been crucified somewhat and I feel sorry for her but I am not condoning what she did."

Yesterday, Burberry and Chanel both ended their associations with Moss.

British company Burberry said a campaign scheduled for autumn had been cancelled by mutual consent in the wake of drug allegations.

Saddened

A statement from Burberry said: "Kate has always been a fantastic model and highly professional for Burberry. We are saddened by her current circumstances and hope she overcomes her problems as soon as possible. We wish Kate all the best."

That move came hours after Chanel announced it would not be renewing the model's contract to be the face of its Coco Mademoiselle perfume.

On Tuesday, Swedish fashion giant H&M said it was dropping Moss from a planned advertising campaign because of the cocaine allegations.

The decisions by Burberry and Chanel came after Sir Ian Blair, Britain's top police officer, said he had personally ordered a Scotland Yard investigation into the supermodel's alleged drug-taking.

Sir Ian said the decision over whether or not to charge Moss would take into account her effect on young people.

He said: "We have to look at the impact of this kind of behaviour on impressionable young people and if there is evidence, something should be done about it.

"I can remember being asked a question about a previous individual who was given a caution. I think that was a wrong decision."

He appeared to be referring to a decision last September when James Hewitt, former lover of Diana, Princess of Wales, was let off with a caution for possession of cocaine.

Although the Met has a policy of pursuing drug dealers rather than users, those rules are "adaptable to the impact of events", Sir Ian said.

"If we have an allegation about a person who is so much in the public eye and a role model, it seems to me important that we investigate," he said.

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